Trying to compile a Makefile gives me the following error:
Makefile:248: *** missing separator. Stop.
The relevant lines in the Makefile (line 248 and nearby lines) are:
tar :
@if test -f espresso.tar.gz ; then /bin/rm espresso.tar.gz ; fi
# do not include unneeded stuff
find ./ -type f | grep -v -e /.svn/ -e'/\.' -e'\.o$$' \
-e'\.mod$$' -e'\.a$$' -e'\.d$$' -e'\.i$$' -e'\.F90$$' -e'\.x$$' \
-e'~$$' -e'\./GUI' -e '\./tempdir' | xargs tar rvf espresso.tar
gzip espresso.tar
Where the third line of the command find ending with espresso.tar is line 248.
I tried following the debug procedure listed here and issued the command cat -e -t -v Makefile, which gave me the following code:
tar :$
^I@if test -f espresso.tar.gz ; then /bin/rm espresso.tar.gz ; fi$
^I# do not include unneeded stuff $
^Ifind ./ -type f | grep -v -e /.svn/ -e'/\.' -e'\.o$$' \$
-e'\.mod$$' -e'\.a$$' -e'\.d$$' -e'\.i$$' -e'\.F90$$' -e'\.x$$' \$
^I -e'~$$' -e'\./GUI' -e '\./tempdir' | xargs tar rvf espresso.tar$
^Igzip espresso.tar$
$
Sure enough, the ^I character was missing, but from line 247 (weird). So I edited the file to include the tab character and now it says:
tar :$
^I@if test -f espresso.tar.gz ; then /bin/rm espresso.tar.gz ; fi$
^I# do not include unneeded stuff $
^Ifind ./ -type f | grep -v -e /.svn/ -e'/\.' -e'\.o$$' \$
^I -e'\.mod$$' -e'\.a$$' -e'\.d$$' -e'\.i$$' -e'\.F90$$' -e'\.x$$' \$
^I -e'~$$' -e'\./GUI' -e '\./tempdir' | xargs tar rvf espresso.tar$
^Igzip espresso.tar$
$
However the error still persists, which I somewhat expected since the problem wasn't with that line in the first place. I even tried removing all the whitespace from the relevant lines but the error is still there. Not sure if there's a problem with the ^I character. Any help in solving this issue would be appreciated. Thanks!
The full Makefile can be found in the main folder of the download file (direct link to the file here)
